Holder for cones or spools of artificial-silk and other thread.



J. HAAS.

HOLDER FOR CONES 0R SPOOLS 0F ARTIFICIAL SILK AND OTHER THREAD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE II, I9I5.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

IN I E N TOR A TTORNE K5 UNITED I STATES PATENT orrucn.

JOSEPH HAAS, OF MABTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO IN'I'EBWOVEN MILLS, INC., OF NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

HOLDER FOR CONES OR SPOOLS OF ARTIFICIAL-SILK AND OTHER THREAD.

T0 all whom it may concern 0 Be it known that I, JOSEPH HAAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Martinsburg, in the county of Berkeley and State of \Vest Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Cones or Spools of Artificial-Silk and other Thread; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention consists in the novel features hereinafter described, reference being had to the accompanying drawing which illustrates one embodiment of the invention selected by me for purposes of illustration, and the said invention is fully disclosed in the following description and claims.

Referring to the said drawing: Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional view of athread holding device embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 represents a top plan view of the same.

My invention is especially adapted for holding cones, spools or bobbins of artificial silk, although obviously it can be used for holding cones, spools or bobbins of any other kind of thread.

Artificial silk, as is well known differs materially in character from pure silk or natural silk, especially in two important particulars which affect its handling and use in manufacturing fabrics therefrom. In the first place it has very much less tensile strength and, in the second place it is -stifi' and wiry in character as compared with pure silk and other threads. Artificial silk, like other threads, when spun into thread is ordinarily sold to the trade in skeins andis wound upon cones, usually in the form of hollow truncated cones of paper, papier mach, or paste board, or upon spools or bobbins before it can be used for manufacturing textiles.

Where the silk is wound on cones it is frequently re-wound therefrom upon spools or bobbins adapted for use with textile machinery and which usually do not. hold as great a length of thread as the cone. The cones ordinarily hold several skeins in which the thread is continuous and it is therefore advantageous to use the silk directly from the cone as it eliminates a'certain number of splicings of the thread and saves the expense Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

Application filed June 11, 1915. Serial No. 33,446.

of re-winding and the splicings particularly in artificial silk are liable to cause trouble in knitting or weaving the thread in the manufacture of textile fabrics. As my in vention is equally applicable to holders for cones, spools and bobbins, I use these terms interchangeably exce t where specially noted, as applying to t e device of whatever character it may be, upon which a body of thread is wound. In drawing oil the silk from these cones, spools or bobbins, if the tension is relaxed at any time, the thread tends to spring away from the body of thread on the cone or spool for as many convolutions as the degree of slackness permits and to slide down the exterior surface of the body of thread, as the thread is hard and glassy, and does not cling to the body of thread as would a thread of silk, Wool, or cotton, for example. It, therefore, freuently happens that one or more convolutlons of the thread fall below the spool and when the thread is drawn taut it catches under the spool or under the support for the same and quickly breaks. For this reason it has been practicall impossible commercially to draw ofl' arti cial silk directly from the cones which hold a large quantity of it, and it has been found necessary to use special spools holding smaller quantities in connection with weaving, knitting and other industrial operations and even in such cases considerable difiicult has been encountered in handling the arti cial silk.

In carrying out my invention, I provide means for supporting the cone or spool and in connection therewith, I provide adjacent to the bottom of the cone or spool means for positively preventing a loosened portion of the thread from passing under and catching under the lower edge of the spool or the lower surface of the body of thread thereon,- and in connection therewith I also prefer to provide a surrounding wall preferably substantially cylindrical in form and having a perfectly smooth interior surface to retain the loosened convolutions of the thread at all times, and prevent them from springing away from the spool beyond certain limits and also permitting them to slide downwardly or upwardly without. appreciable friction.

As the means adjacent to the lower end of the spool for preventing the thread from passing or catching under the spool or the.

body of thread thereon, I prefer to employ what I term a bedding material, that is to say, a material of such physical characteristics that the lower end of the spool, and in some instances, the lower portion of the body of thread wound thereon, may be slightly embedded into it so as to preclude the possibility of the thread passing under or catching under the spool or the body of thread, said material being also of such character that it will support any portions of the thread which may fall upon it without adhering thereto and without offering any appreciable resistances in case portions thereof directly engage the thread. For this bedding material I preferably employ a granular material, that is to say, a material made up of light granular particles having smooth exterior surfaces and of a character which will not soil white, or the most delicately colored thread, and which will not adhere to the thread or materially impede its progress even if particles of the granular material should be in the way of the thread and have to be slightly displaced in drawing it out. By experiment, I have found that mustard seed is particularly well adapted for this purpose, although I do not limit myself to this particular material, as many other forms of granular material may be found which will answer the same purpose. For example, various other seeds or grains, finely divided particles, preferably spherical, of cork, wood, etc., all of which are within the scope of my invention. Nor do I limit myself to the use of granular material as in some instances other bedding material may be employed, as for example, certain flocculent materials, fibrous materials or fabrics, the upper surface of which is slightly above the horizontal plane of the bottom of the thread body when the cone or spool is in operative position and is composed of loosely associated, readily displaceable particles so that the lower end of the thread body will be slightly embedded or immersed, as it were, therein and so that the particles of the upper surface of the bedding material may be easily displaced by the thread body and also by the thread drawn ofi therefrom 1f 1t comes in contact with the bedding material or particles thereof, to prevent undue strain from being applied to the thread at any time as it is drawn from the cone or spool.

In the drawings, I have shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, which I have selected for the purpose of illustrating the invention, although I do not limit myself to the specific details thereof. In the embodiment herein shown, 1 represents a cup shaped receptacle which is of a form which I have found in actual use to be extremely advantageous, effective and desirable. This receptacle is provided with a supporting bottom, 2, which supports the bedding material and is preferably provided with a central aperture, 3. The receptacle is also provided with a laterally disposed re taining wall, t, which is preferably substantially cylindrical and has its upper edge portions provided on the inside thereof with an outwardly and upwardly extending beveled or rounded portion, 5, so that should the thread fall thereon, the edge will not cause the thread to cling or injuriously affeet the thread. Within the receptacle, 1, is provided suitable means for supporting a cone or spool and in this instance I have shown means for supporting the paper cone, indicated at 6, on which it is customary to wind thread at the spinning mill, and on which it is customarily furnished to the trade, the said cone being of usual or any preferred construction, and having in this instance a rounded closed top portion, 7, to preclude the possibility of the thread catching on the upper portion of the cone. The cone support herein shown consists of a conical body, 8, ordinaril formed of wood, and supported by a meta spindle or rod, 9, which preferably extends upwardly through the hole, 3, in the bottom of receptacle, 1, and is secured to a bracket, 10, or other supporting device, which also serves to support the receptacle, 1. This bracket, 10, may be of any suitable form and is preferably provided with a circular portion or plate, 11, and the bracket, 10, may be supported in any desired manner adjacent to the knitting machine or other machine to which the thread is to be delivered. Obviously if a wooden spool is used instead of a paper cone, 7, the conical support, 8, may be removed from the spindle, 9, and a wooden spool supported directly on the spindle, 9.

Upon the bottom tube of the receptacle is placed the bedding material, which I have shown herein as of granular'character and which may be mustard seed, for example, as before stated, and this bedding material indicated at 12 fills up the space below the lower edge of the spool, 6, and below the conical support, 8, in case the latter does not extend entirely to the bottom of the receptacle, and has its upper surface closely adjacent to or very slightly above the lower surface of the body of thread indicated at 15, which is wound upon the cone or spool.

In the use of the device the thread will obviously be drawn vertically from the spool and in the drawing I have represented the thread at 15 as it frequently appears when the tension is relaxed, that is to say, a series of convolutions having sprung away from the body of thread and tending to slip or slide down to the bottom of the receptacle, and I have somewhat exaggerated this in the drawing in order to bring out clearly the operation and utility of the device. It will be seen that the lateral wall, 4, of the receptacle retains the convolutions which become loosened from the body of thread and prevent them from falling outside of the receptacle, at the same time affording a perfectly smooth vertically disposed surface which permits them to slide either up or-down, and for this purpose the receptacle is preferably made of or lined with glass or porcelain, and I prefer to make it of glass or other transparent material in order that the feed of the thread may be observed at all times through the transparent lateral walls of the receptacle, although this is not essential. It will also be seen that such portions of the thread as fall upon the bedding material are prevented thereby from passing under or catching under the lower end of the spool or cone or the supporting means therefor, or under the body, 15, of thread wound on the spool or cone, so that when the thread, 15, is drawn taut it passes without resistance or appreciable friction out of the receptacle and off of the bedding material. Even should the thread, in drawing off of the lower portion of the body, 15, of the thread on the cone or spool, displace particles of the bedding material, the character of the bedding material prevents such displacement from offering any material or appreciable resistance to the thread and immediinvention is admirably adapted for holdlng cones or spools of artificial silk, used in knitting stockings and other fabrics in which case the device is supported upon a knitting machine in any convenient or preferred manner, and the thread drawn from the cone or spool is led to the feeding devices of the machine. The device is also well adapted for holding cones or spools of artificial silk for use in weaving or for re-winding on to spool cops, bobbins, etc., or for any other purpose for which they may be found convenient, and while as before stated, my improved device is especially adapted for handling artificial silk, it obviously can also be used for holding cones or spools of atrilg settles back in its place.

other thread, if desired.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A holding device for a coneor spool of artificial silk and other thread, comprising among its members a support for a cone or spool having a horizontally disposed supporting surface and a bedding material located upon said supporting surface, the upper surface of said bedding material being above the horizontal plane of the bottom of the thread body when the cone or spool is in operative position, and being composed of loosely associated, readily displaceable particles ,whereby the lower end of the cone or spool and the thread body thereon may be embedded in the loose particles bf said bedding material, to prevent the thread from catching under the cone or spool or the body of thread thereon.

2. A holding device for a cone or spool of artificial silk and other thread, comprising among its members asupport for engaging and holding the cone or spool, a horizontally disposed part having a supporting surface extending, laterally of said support on all sides thereof beyond the periphery of the spool and the body of thread wound thereon, and granular bedding material on said supporting surface having portions adjacent to the lower end of the cone or spool for preventing the loosened thread from catching under the cone or spool or the body of thread wound thereon.

3. A holding device for a cone or spool of artificial silk and other thread, compris.

ing among its members a support for a cone or spool having a horizontally disposed supporting surface and a bedding material composed of loose particles located upon said supporting surface, the upper surface of said bedding material being above the horizontal plane of the bottom of the thread body, whereby the lower end of the cone or spool and the thread body thereon may be embedded in the loose particles of said bedding material, to prevent the thread from catching under the cone or spool, or the body of thread thereon, and a vertically disposed wall extending around the said support above said supporting surface, and engaging said loose bedding material to confine it, and maintain its upper surface at the desired level.

4. A holding device for a cone or spool of artificial silk or other thread comprising among its members a receptacle having a supporting bottom and lateral vertically disposed inclosing walls, a support for engaging and holding a cone or spool within Said receptacle, and granular bedding material in the bottom portion of said receptacle and having its upper surface above the plane of the bottom of the spool and the body of thread wound thereon, whereby they may be readily embedded therein, to prevent the thread from catching thereunder as it is drawn ofl.

5. A holding device for a cone or spool of artificial silk or other thread comprlsing a receptacle having transparent lateral walls extending above the bottom thereof, a support for a cone or spool within said receptacle and a bedding material composed of loose finely divided particles located in the bottom of said receptacle, and having its upper surface above the plane of the bottom of the body of yarn on said cone or spool to permit the spool and the bottom of the yarn body to be embedded therein, to prevent the yarn from catching under the spool and yarn body as it is drawn oif and whereby the entire spool and the yarn thereon can be seen from a distance in any direction.

6. A holding device for a cone or spool of artificial silk or other thread, comprising a supporting plate provided With a vertically disposed spindle, a receptacle open on the top and having vertically disposed Walls. and an aperture in the bottom'for the said spindle, a conical support on said spindle within said receptacle, and granular bed- 10 ding material in the bottom of said receptacle adapted to surround the lower end of the cone or spool and engage the body of thread Wound thereon.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. 15

JOSEPH HAAS.

Correction in Letters Patent No. 1,168,393.

on can be seen from a distance in any direction.

6. A holding device for a cone or spool of artificial silk or other thread, comprising a supporting plate provided with a vertically disposed spindle, a receptacle open on the top and having vertically disposed Walls. and an aperture in the bottomfor the said [sin-1.

spindle, a conical support on said spindle within said receptacle, and granular bedding material in the bottom of said receptacle adapted to surround the lower end of the cone or spool and engage the body of thread Wound thereon. v

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. JOSEPH HAAS.

Virginia, for an improvement in. liiolders Cones or Spoolsof Arlifieial-Silk and whereas said assignee should have been deserihedi and' speeified as-TheIntefipop gt:

Mills, Inc., as shown by the records of 'assignrnents in said Letters Patent should be read with "this oorreetion therein the i 7 conform to the record of the case inthe Patentq i i i fl Signed and sealed this 8th day'of Febi-uarr, D.',J191d.

I It is hereby certified that the I JettersPatent January 18, 1916, upon the applicationof- Joseph Ho as, of

other Thread, was erroneouslydescrihed as Int'eryVOVQnMiHa "P It is hereby certified that the essignee in Letters Patent No. 1,168,393: granted January 18, 1916, upon the appliostion 0f Joseph Hess, of Martinsburg; West Virginia, for an improvement in Holders for Cones or Spools of Artificial-Silk and other Thread, was erroneously described and'specified as Interwoven Mills, 1110., whereas said assignee should have been describe'dgand specified as The Intenvoven Mills, Inc., as shown by the records ofessignments in this Oifice; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this cormtion therein that the same mey conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 8th day of Februsry, A. D., 1916.

Sim R; FI WHITEHEAD,

Acting Uomnu'uioner of Patents 0!. 242-146. 

